York Street gardens will close at noon on Friday, Dec. 9. Chatfield Farms will be closed during the day on Dec. 9. Both York Street and Chatfield Farms will be open for Blossoms of Light and Trail of Lights on Dec. 9.

What's Blooming

By taking a tour – be it an overview of the Gardens, a specific botanic theme or behind-the-scenes info on an art exhibition – you can check off all these goals on your list! Learn something: Gardens staff and docents share their knowledge of our living collections, history, art exhibitions and...Read more

Up until 30 years ago, you would have been hard pressed to find great examples of metropolitan cooperation. Years of political wrangling between and among Denver and the suburbs resulted in bitterness and rancor. Finally, the regional economy took a dramatic slide and desperation gave birth to...Read more

Mount Goliath, the northern shoulder of Mount Evans, located within the Arapaho National Forest, takes my breath away each time I visit. Denver Botanic Gardens has been offering free guided hikes of the M. Walter Pesman Trail for many years.Read more

Hyacinths are classic spring-blooming bulbs that have been popular for centuries, in large part because of their bright colors and fragrant flowers. The plant grows from large bulbs, typically planted in the garden in the fall. The upright cluster of flowers will come up in spring with beautiful...Read more

Dwarf Protea at Drakensberg Gardens Resort Eighteen of us who are on Denver Botanic Gardens' trip to the Drakensberg are about half way through our adventure, and today was a stellar day. We encountered numerous plants of dwarf, alpine Protea dracomontana on a LOOOOOONG hike around the hotel where...Read more

Salvia greggii 'Wild Thing' Every autumn there are days that remind me of Keats' great Ode to Autumn , but I can never remember such a warm, interminable fall. The weathermen are predicting hard frost next week--so the next few days may be your last time this year to see Denver Botanic Gardens in...Read more

Capitol columns Even on a cloudy day, Russell Page's monumental garden at the heart of the National Arboretum resonates with me. I have been traveling for nearly two weeks through the Atlantic seaboard, giving talks in Connecticut and Philadelphia as well as Washington D.C. this week, the heartland...Read more

On August 5, 2014, Denver Botanic Gardens conducted its second trial evaluation day for the York Street Trial Garden. Located right outside our main entrance gate, visitors can get a look at various plant entries participating in the trials. The purpose of Denver Botanic Gardens’ York Street Trial...Read more

Red birds in a tree Native plants usually summon up images of wispy, finely textured grasses or suchlike--hardly a glamorous novelty like red birds in a tree ( Scrophularia macrantha ). This gorgeous native perennial is prospering in gardens across America and beyond, but is restricted in nature to...Read more

Liatris ligulistylis I was born in Colorado, and have spent most of my life here--and lots of time poking around the plains and mountains--to the extent that I've seen and can identify most of the showier native wildflowers, and a good many of the less showy ones as well. A few have escaped me. You...Read more